Jun 9, 2015 12:34 PM
http://newsdaily.com/2015/06/exclusive-u...ncryption/
EXCERPT: Top U.S. tech companies are warning the Obama administration against imposing new policies that the companies say would weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers’ privacy.
[...] The Information Technology Industry Council and the Software and Information Industry Association, representing tech giants [...] fired the latest salvo in what could be a long fight over government access into smart phones and other digital devices.
Obama administration officials have pushed the companies to find ways to let law enforcement bypass encryption to investigate illegal activities including terrorism threats, but not weaken it in a way that would let criminals and computer hackers penetrate the security wall....
So far, however, the White House has not spelled out specific regulatory or legislative steps that it might seek to achieve that objective....
EXCERPT: Top U.S. tech companies are warning the Obama administration against imposing new policies that the companies say would weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers’ privacy.
[...] The Information Technology Industry Council and the Software and Information Industry Association, representing tech giants [...] fired the latest salvo in what could be a long fight over government access into smart phones and other digital devices.
Obama administration officials have pushed the companies to find ways to let law enforcement bypass encryption to investigate illegal activities including terrorism threats, but not weaken it in a way that would let criminals and computer hackers penetrate the security wall....
So far, however, the White House has not spelled out specific regulatory or legislative steps that it might seek to achieve that objective....